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Wildfowling: Tools of the Trade part one

16th June 2022 Columba Palumbus 0

A few people have asked me since the last article to write a little bit about a fundamental part of the sport, which would be the guns themselves. I have touched briefly on this previously, [more…]

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The Clay is the Thing, Part Four

10th June 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

In the first three parts we looked at what it takes to get into clay shooting, how to progress and where it may lead. I touched a little in each article on what goes on [more…]

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The Clay is the Thing, Part Three

3rd June 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

Okay, I’ve skirted around the issue long enough, it’s time to tackle the complex subject of lead or forward allowance. To an experienced shooter, it is literally second nature, an unconscious calculation that is already [more…]

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The Clay is the Thing, Part Two

27th May 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

I hope I’ve managed to drag a few readers along from the first part, and for this next exercise, we will take a hypothetical Puffin on a journey from someone who has developed a taste [more…]

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The Clay is the Thing, Part One

13th May 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

A question I am often asked by people when they first find out that I shoot is… Can I have a go? My answer is invariably yes because I believe that the more people who [more…]

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Owning a Shotgun

15th May 2019 Going Postal 0

A puffin on here has written a series on firearms and their technology up to the 20th century, but what about owning a firearm in the modern day in the UK? What are the laws [more…]

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